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Olive is “ferocious and complicated and kindly and sometimes cruel. In essence...a bit of each of us.” Elizabeth Strout
There is nothing I could say about my feelings for Olive Kitteridge that Strout doesn’t say herself, in the readers guide, so I will just quote her. ~ “I would hope that my readers feel a sense of awe at the quality of human endurance, at the endurance of love in the face of a variety of difficulties; that the quotidian life is not always easy, and is something worthy of respect ...more
There is nothing I could say about my feelings for Olive Kitteridge that Strout doesn’t say herself, in the readers guide, so I will just quote her. ~ “I would hope that my readers feel a sense of awe at the quality of human endurance, at the endurance of love in the face of a variety of difficulties; that the quotidian life is not always easy, and is something worthy of respect ...more
I can see how this novel has divided readers. Some seeing it as nothing more than a collection of depressing stories about sad characters living sad lives. I must admit to being in this camp to begin with.
As more stories unfolded, we grew to know Olive a little more. A flawed character to be sure, though aren't we all in some way, we see other aspects of her personality other than the gruff, abrasive woman we were first introduced to. She grew on me, especially in the last couple of chapters wh ...more
As more stories unfolded, we grew to know Olive a little more. A flawed character to be sure, though aren't we all in some way, we see other aspects of her personality other than the gruff, abrasive woman we were first introduced to. She grew on me, especially in the last couple of chapters wh ...more
4.5 stars. I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed how complex Olive was and how she has interacted with other people. I do kinda wish that some of the "stories" had more of a conclusion to them, but overall I really liked how this book was written. I did the audiobook and I feel that MAYBE it would have gotten the full 5 stars had I read it.
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Hope!!!
My rating of this book changed from a 3-star to a 5-star book after reading this book for the second time. The words were what grabbed me the second time, and the format of the compilation of short stories did not throw me because I was prepared for it.
Jan 19, 2013
Alana
marked it as to-read
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pulitzer-prize-fiction,
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Mar 27, 2015
Lisa
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
did-not-finish,
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